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板

bǎn, pàn

plank

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

反 sound component

反  Sound component

fǎn

  

reverse

Evolution

板 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
板 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
板 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
板 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
板 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

板  

bǎn

plank, board; iron or tin plate; board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuài]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious

板 (闆) 

bǎn

boss, the owner, person in charge; see 老闆|老板, boss

板 (闆) 

pàn

to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Most common words with 板
Freq.
Word
Meaning

老板

boss

板

board

地板

floor

板块

slab

篮板

backboard

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.pˤranʔ

paenX

bǎn

plank, board

*pˤranʔ

paenX

bǎn

perverse


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 52.5068% of movies

721st most common character in movies

930th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

板

Traditional

板闆

Unicode

U+677F


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